The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-05-14

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LAST NIGHTS MEETING.
A large and enthusiastic audience greeted
the "co1d watern orators last night. Every
seat in Masonic Hall was occupied, the
aisles filed and even the galleries were filed.
The exercises began with prayer by Rev J.
W. Rogan, followed by the song 1.-The
Sword of Bunker Hill" sung as only Prof.
Beardslee can sing it.
Mr.. Rogan spoke briefly He was pleased,
he said, to cooperate with the Woman's
Christian Temperance Union, and he compli-
mented the ladies for the mastery manner
in which they conducted this convention.
he alluded to the excellent reports received
| by them from all parts of the State aegard-
ing temperance work. The union, he re-
marked, has strong adversary to fight
! PIC, 600 manufacturers and selleas of the ac-
cursed stuff, backed by millions of capital
and it needs all the help that temperance
| men and women can give. But, he asked,
| who can withstand the pressure of 200.000
| women, united in one earnest purpose. when
! most of us know that one woman always
has her own way, and accompiishes her OBJ
| Ject If she sets her mind on it, MIR. Rogan's
address was replete with strong and adj
mirablymade points, and it was received
with loud applause.
| Rev. T. 7. Christian, of Trinity church,
made 5-ninute's speech: "If people" he
said, ''are protected from adu1terated or
| spoiled food, why not from the greatest evil
in the world-the one affecting their health
the most. " He alluded to the saloon-keepers
in kindly spirit, saying that he did not
purpose to abuse them, but rather to con-
vert them.
WHAT SALOoN-KEEPERS CAN DO.
Mrs. Chaplin stepped forward and said
| that she only was there to answer the ques-
| ton, What will saloon-keepers do if they
| quit their business" which was sent in by
saloon-keeper. She started off in a breezy
manner, saying that as the trade was not
made man whom He is not able
to keep. "Quit the business" she
said. ''and rely on Him for help.
| 1T is business of blood, and what mat
| ters it if you gain the whole world and lose
your own soull / am sorry that all church
members do not live up to prohibition.
| Wine on the table, on the sideboards-these
| are the stepping stones to drunkenness.
| These people are not the pillars of the
church-they are merely pillar-shams. She
condemned the liquor traffic in unlneasured
| terms, drew graphic pictures of the suffer-
/ ing caused by it to innocent women and
children, and mplored the men of the coun-
| try to rally around their homes and de-
| fend them from the evil that seeks to de-
| stroy them.
| Mrs. Wells made short address giving a
| practical turn to the question, and spoke of
| the immense sums spent for jails, peniten-
| tiaries asylums and the ruin and suffering
caused by the manufacture and sale of liquor.
She depicted the desolation wrought by the
| traffic, and implOTed her hearers to enlist to
| fight against it.
One Of the officers of the convention re-
| cited two temperance selections, How
Jamie Came Home' and 1.-THE Women of
| Michigan's Reply to the Liquor Sellers
| They were rendered in an admirable man
ner, the gestures and carefully modulated
tones doing full justice to the eloquent words.
THE CLOSING MEETING.
| At the close of the meeting Miss Stokes,
| in behalf of Mrs. Booz, Superintendent of
| Forest City Juvenile Temple No Z, of this
city, who was too i'll to represent, presented
Mrs. Sibley, Mrs. Chaplin and Mrs. Wells
each with handsome perfume casket, a gift
| from the children. The recipients were
| greatly surprised at this token of love and
remembrance, and responded feelingly.
Mrs. Chaplin in turn presented Miss Stokes
with a beautiful perfume casket. The
audience applauded heartily and enjoyed
the presentation seemingly as much as either
the donors or recipients After the bene-
diction many remained to enjoy the refresh
ments provided by the ladies'
Mrs Chaplin will leave this morning for
Charleston for a brief rest. Tuesday she
will leave there for Mississippi to attend the
| COlNtllulOllS bhCiCb 1NOI Ou W lul-
fill a number of lecture engagements. Mrs.
Wells leaves also to-day for Chattanooga.
Some of the delegates will remain in the
city day or two longer, but most of them
will leave ON this mornings trains for their
homes.
THE WORK IN NORTH CAROLINA.
A MORNING NEWS reporter in talking
with a number OF delegates in regard to the
convention inquired of the North Carolina
II. 4
sion as a whole. ITO tell you frankly she
said with a smile, ''this work is rather new
I to me. 1t is the first convention / ever at
tended outside of my native State, and
anu hardly competent to judge. But can
say that I am delighted with the interest
manifested and the manner in which the
business is transacted. Itseenls to me moth
as that exerted by the union,
composed, as it is, of representative ladies
| from all parts of your beautiful State Mrs.
Sibley is q noble Christian woman, and a
hard, earnest worker for our noble cause.
SHOW is the work progressing in North
| CarolinaW
''Grandly," was the quick reply. "Our
State organization is about the same age as
| yours here, and last years convention was
the first one | ever attended. The cause is
| gaining ground everywhere, and we
are greatly encouraged. We young
| people are adding our mite
of influence to the work, too am glad to
see SO many young ladies here at this CON
| vention, for you know, or ought to- she
added ,naively, that when the young ladies
become interested in any cause, in deep
earnest, it is bound to be a success The
reporter assented TO this selfevident propo-
sition and inquired regarding the member
ship in North Carolina.
II hardly know. l dare say about the
| ne h.a,sa Ibatsa txr-R Ava
unions and fully 200 members Next year
we hope TO report double that membership"
rs high license endorsed by the North
Carolina State union"
mo, | believe not am sure of it. We
want prohibition-no halfway measure
And the prospects are very favorable to-
ward securing it. am young in the work
yet, but am deeply interested in it. 1t is a
grand work for us women and l think we
shall triumph, and soon, tool"